travesty of justice

a miscarriage of justice; an act of the legal system that is an insult to the system of justice. The jury's verdict was a travesty of justice. The lawyer complained that the judge's ruling was a travesty of justice.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Philetus	fi-LEE-təs (English), fie-LEE-təs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Jacek	YAH-tsek	Polish
Philotheos	-	Ancient Greek
Aulis	OW-lees	Finnish
Dorotheus	-	Late Roman
Dunstan	DUN-stən (English)	English (Rare), Anglo-Saxon